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The New England Aquarium - Peter Kuttner
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Peter Kuttner discusses Cambridge 7 Associate's New England Aquarium's architecture and exhibits, which they designed to be a part of the architecture.
Peter Kuttner Peter Kuttner is president of Cambridge Seven Associates, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm of architects, planners, exhibit designers, and graphic artists whose international portfolio includes museums, education, transportation, and hospitality design. The firm received the American Institute of Architects’ 1993 Architecture Firm Award. Peter is known, in particular, for his thoughtful design of spaces for informal and formal learning in aquariums, museums, and college facilities, with a particular focus on interactive and participatory experiences in the sciences.
In the past few years Peter has completed the Boston Children’s Museum, Boston’s first LEED Gold museum, The Scientific Center children’s science museum in Kuwait, and the renovation of Discovery Place in Charlotte, North Carolina. Just this past year he has finished the pier expansion for the New England Aquarium, opened theMuseum of Discovery & Science expansion in Fort Lauderdale, and premiered the Gyeonggi Children’s Museum in Seoul, Korea.
Locally he is now working on the Giant Ocean Tank renovation at the New England Aquarium, the proposed Boston Museum on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, renovation of the Boston Museum of Science, and the new Gateway Project for the Franklin Park Zoo. Internationally, he is Principal-in-Charge on the new Geo-Science Centre, a major new science museum, and the National Aquarium, both in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Peter was a past president of the Boston Society of Architects, a Vice-President of the American Institute of Architects, and is presently on the Boston Architectural College’s Board of Overseers and serves on the Boston Foundation for Architecture.
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The Glass in the New England Aquarium - Steven Imrich
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Architect Steven Imrich discusses the importance of the glass tanks in the New England Aquarium. Hundreds of thousands of gallons kept in a cylinder of water was an engineering feat.
Steven Imrich
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The Spiral Staircase in the New England Aquarium - Steven Imrich
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Architect Steve Imrich discusses the design for the interior, which would allow the visitors to be engaged with the water without getting wet.
Steven Imrich
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The Site of the New England Aquarium - Steven Imrich
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Architect Steven Imrich discusses the site of the New England Aquarium. When it was first built, there was little activity along the waterfront. The Aquarium became the catalyst for redevelopment in the area.
Steven Imrich
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The Renovation of the Central Tank in the New England Aquarium - Steven Imrich
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Nearly 50 years ago Cambridge Seven designed a large fish tank as the centerpiece of the building. The technology needed was advanced for its day. Steven Imrich shares the challenges he faced in renovating the tank.
Steven Imrich
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The New England Aquarium and it's Role in Boston's Renewal - Peter Kuttner
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Architect Peter Kuttner discusses the New England Aquarium, which is credited as the catalyst for public investment in an unsavory part of Boston.
Peter Kuttner Peter Kuttner is president of Cambridge Seven Associates, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm of architects, planners, exhibit designers, and graphic artists whose international portfolio includes museums, education, transportation, and hospitality design. The firm received the American Institute of Architects’ 1993 Architecture Firm Award. Peter is known, in particular, for his thoughtful design of spaces for informal and formal learning in aquariums, museums, and college facilities, with a particular focus on interactive and participatory experiences in the sciences.
In the past few years Peter has completed the Boston Children’s Museum, Boston’s first LEED Gold museum, The Scientific Center children’s science museum in Kuwait, and the renovation of Discovery Place in Charlotte, North Carolina. Just this past year he has finished the pier expansion for the New England Aquarium, opened theMuseum of Discovery & Science expansion in Fort Lauderdale, and premiered the Gyeonggi Children’s Museum in Seoul, Korea.
Locally he is now working on the Giant Ocean Tank renovation at the New England Aquarium, the proposed Boston Museum on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, renovation of the Boston Museum of Science, and the new Gateway Project for the Franklin Park Zoo. Internationally, he is Principal-in-Charge on the new Geo-Science Centre, a major new science museum, and the National Aquarium, both in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Peter was a past president of the Boston Society of Architects, a Vice-President of the American Institute of Architects, and is presently on the Boston Architectural College’s Board of Overseers and serves on the Boston Foundation for Architecture.
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